Former Ontario NDP MPP Paul Miller said the party has left behind labour unions, and all they do is criticize while never offering solutions. .“They are not the party of labour anymore,” said Miller at a community debate on Thursday. .“I was a steel worker, and a lot of unions have left the NDP and gone to Doug Ford.”.Miller served as an Ontario NDP MPP since 2007, but he was kicked out of caucus in March because he was found to be a member of an Islamophobic Facebook group. He is seeking reelection in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek as an independent candidate. .NDP executive director Lucy Watson said the party’s vetting process discovered he was a member of the World Coalition Against Islam Facebook group. .Watson said the finding came after “a pattern of troubling behaviour that indicated Paul Miller may harbour Islamophobic, homophobic and racist views.”.He said the NDP are pandering to “a lot of small groups and a lot of malcontent people.” People are annoyed with this situation, according to him. .Miller went on to say the NDP loves to criticize, and he would sit in caucus meetings and ask what the party will do about pressing issues. .“Because when I go to those people at the door, they say Andrea (Horwath) is attacking Ford and (Kathleen) Wynne, but she never has answers,” he said. .“It’s always what you did wrong.” .Miller filed a lawsuit against the NDP on May 10. .He is seeking $1.3 million in damages for breach of contract, discrimination, conspiracy, and duty of good faith. .This lawsuit names the party, Horwath, Watson, and NDP chief of staff Michael Balagus as respondents..The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have received endorsements from eight trade unions during the Ontario election..The NDP could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
